Attorneys Hugh MacBeth, Willis Tyler, and David Williams taking an oath, Los Angeles, 1940s

Item Overview

Title

Attorneys Hugh MacBeth, Willis Tyler, and David Williams taking an oath, Los Angeles, 1940s

Date Created

[1940s]

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Notes

Summary

Willis O. Tyler was part of the first generation of African American lawyers in Los Angeles.
Hugh MacBeth was part of the first generation of African American lawyers in Los Angeles.
David W. Williams, who in 1969 became the first African American judge appointed to the Federal Court west of the Mississippi, was part of a second generation of lawyers in Los Angeles.

Description

All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Possibly a meeting of the Los Angeles Barristers Club, an organization composed of lawyers who were excluded by race, ethnicity, or religion from the California State Bar.
L to R: Hugh MacBeth, Willis Tyler, David Williams.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph : b&w

Keywords

Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Subjects

People
Legal

Subject topic

African American lawyers--California--Los Angeles

Names

MacBeth, Hugh, d. 1956.
Williams, David W., 1910-2000
Tyler, Willis O. (Willis Oliver), 1880-1949

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image